Kropyvnitsky

Mansion Volokhin

Buildings

Description

Volokhin mansion distinguishes the asymmetrical composition of the facade with the windows of rounded forms from the complete development of the quarter.

Such peculiar windows and smooth shapes of details make it possible to attribute the building to the Art Nouveau style that was actively developing in those days - at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Such peculiar windows and smooth shapes of details make it possible to attribute the building to the Art Nouveau style that was actively developing in those days - at the beginning of the twentieth century.

How to get there?

Nearest bus stop "Pedu University" on the street. Shevchenko. City buses stop at this stop, namely # 103, # 111A, # 123. From the taxis at this stop stop # 3, # 17, # 104, # 108, # 111, # 112, # 115. # 21 ( only in the direction of Novomykolaivka).

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HISTORY

The owner of the house was Grigory Volokhin - a builder, a member of the building committee and the last mayor of Yelisavetgrad (from 1912 to 1917). In the city, under his supervision, built four brick benches (shops) on the Big Prospective, many streets, parks and squares are arranged.

Volokhin cooperated fruitfully with the city land surveyor Pavel Ryabkov, architects Yakov Pouchenko and Alexander Lishnevsky. The result of their collaboration was this building and many others that still adorn Kropyvnytskyi.

The mansion was originally used as a dwelling. Today it is used as an administrative building of the Security Service of Ukraine.

Volokhin cooperated fruitfully with the city land surveyor Pavel Ryabkov, architects Yakov Pouchenko and Alexander Lishnevsky. The result of their collaboration was this building and many others that still adorn Kropyvnytskyi.

The mansion was originally used as a dwelling. Today it is used as an administrative building of the Security Service of Ukraine.